Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN)

24/09/2026

Our prayers for today's partners in the CCN prayer cycle:

Germany: ZINNOWITZ, Nagelkreuzzentrum Usedom (Cross of Nails Centre, Usedom);
India: DURGAPUR, St Michael's Centre;
India: NAGPUR, India Peace Centre (pictured);
Iraq: BAGHDAD, St George's Church;
Israel/Palestine: BETHLEHEM, Mar Ephrem School.

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer

23/09/2026

This National Literacy Month, let’s read not only to learn—but to understand one another.

Books can take us into lives, histories and experiences different from our own. They can help us encounter difficult truths, hear voices we might otherwise never hear, and understand the wounds that shape communities.

That makes reading a powerful practice of reconciliation.

Books about conflict, forgiveness, injustice, peacebuilding and human resilience remind us that reconciliation begins with listening—and listening begins with being willing to learn.

A good book can challenge our assumptions.
It can deepen our empathy.
It can help us remember.
And sometimes, it can give us the language to begin a difficult conversation.

This National Literacy Month, pick up a book that helps you see the world through someone else’s eyes.

Read deeply. Listen generously. Remember honestly. Reconcile courageously.

📚 What book has helped you better understand another person, community or part of history?

23/09/2026

Today's CCN partners for our prayers:

STRALSUND, St Marienkirche (St Mary's Church, pictured);
STUTENSEE-WEINGARTEN, Kirchengemeinde;
WEIMAR, St Peter und Paul (Church of St Peter and St Paul);
WITTEN-ANNEN, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Annen (Evangelical Church Community, Annen);
WÜRZBURG, Oekumenische Nagelkreuzinitiative (Ecumenical Cross of Nails Initiative).

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer

22/09/2026

Reconciliation asks us to do more than remember the past. It asks us to build a different future together.

In Birmingham, Alabama—a city whose history is inseparable from the struggle for racial justice—the work of reconciliation carries particular weight.

At the Cathedral Church of the Advent, reconciliation is expressed through a commitment to the spiritual and material restoration of the city: serving neighbors, loving mercy, doing justice, and building relationships across communities. They do this by partnering with associations that address poverty in the city. These organizations include M-Power Ministries, Bridge Ministries, and the Brother Bryan Mission of Birmingham. They also support Foundry Ministries, which helps those struggling with addiction.

That work reminds us that reconciliation is not a single conversation or a moment of historical reflection. It is the patient work of listening, serving, learning, building relationships, and choosing hope over division.

From Birmingham’s civil rights history to the challenges facing the city today, the call remains the same: to face history honestly while refusing to let its divisions have the final word.

Reconciliation is how we remember.
Reconciliation is how we serve.
Reconciliation is how we build peace.

22/09/2026

Today's CCN partners in our prayer cycle:

SACHSENHEIM, Evangelisches Lichtensterngymnasium;
SCHLIERSEE-JOSEFSTAL, Studienzentrum für Evang. Jugendarbeit (Centre for Evangelical Youth Work in Josefstal);
SCHWERTEVILLIGST, Haus Villigst;
SIEVERSHAUSEN, Evangelisch Kirchengemeinde and Anti-Kriegs-Haus (Evangelical Church and Anti-War House, pictured);
STADE, Kirchengemeinde St Wilhadi

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer

21/09/2026

This weekend! Tune in live - details below:

Join us at Coventry Cathedral for 24 Hours of unforgettable music as we raise funds for our Cathedral Choir's trip to Malta!🎵🎵

Musicians from across Coventry will be coming together to entertain, from cathedral worship and choral music to gospel, orchestral performances, world music, jazz, rock, organ music and family activities, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Find out more at: www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/events/coventry-cathedral-24-hour-music-marathon

21/09/2026

We pray today in the cycle our partners in:

PLAUEN, St Johannis Kirchgemeinde (pictured);
POTSDAM, Stiftung Internationales Versoehnungszentrum Potsdamer Garnisonkirche (International Centre for Reconciliation Garrison Church);
RECKLINGHAUSEN, Gastkirche und Gasthaus;
ROSTOCK, Evangelisch-Lutherische Innenstadtgemeinde;
SAABRÜCKEN, Ludwigskirche.

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer

20/09/2026

We offer prayers in today's prayer cycle for our partners in:

ÖHRINGEN, Evangelisches Jugendwerk Bezirk (pictured);
OTTOBEUREN, Abtei Ottobeuren (Ottobeuren Abbey);
PETERSBERG, Kirchliche Stiftung (St Petersberg Church Foundation);
PFORZHEIM, Evangelische Stadtkirchengemeinde (Evangelical City Church);
PFORZHEIM-HUCHENFELD, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde (Evangelical Church Community).

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer

19/09/2026

Reconciliation begins with relationship.
On Love and Friendship Day, we celebrate the people who make our lives richer through friendship, kindness, trust and love.
But friendship can also teach us something essential about reconciliation: peace is built through relationship.

Reconciliation does not mean pretending that differences, hurts or histories do not exist. It means choosing to meet one another with honesty, curiosity and compassion. It means listening to another person’s story, making room for difference, offering forgiveness where it is possible, and finding ways to walk forward together.

The friendships that cross boundaries—of faith, culture, generation, politics or experience—can become some of the most powerful places where reconciliation takes root.
Today, may we cherish the friends who have taught us how to love differently, listen more deeply and see the world through another person’s eyes.

Friendship creates connection.
Love creates belonging.
Reconciliation turns both into a pathway to peace.

19/09/2026

Our prayers today for our partners:

NEUENDETTELSAU, Evangelisch-lutherische Diakoniewerk Neuendettelsau Kdor (Evangelical Lutheran Deaconry);
NEUENDETTELSAU, Theologische Hochschule der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern (Augustana Theological Seminary, pictured);
NEURUPPIN, Klosterkirche St Trinitatis (St Trinitatis Monastery Church);
NUREMBERG, Sebalduskirche (St Sebald's Church);
OBERSULM, Evangelisches Paul-Distelbarth-Gymnasium (Paul Distelbarth Evangelical Gymnasium).

View the full prayer diary for September at: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/prayer